Posting this for any fellow English forum members.
During lockdown and the cat food shortages that happened in the English supermarkets, I signed up to Zooplus to source my pet food supplies. This got me reading the reviews online which in turn made me realise just how bad the Felix cat meat that I have been buying truly is.
As a result I am now in the process of moving my 2 off that junk food and on to better meat. Initially they were reluctant to eat the new meat on its own, but now I feed them a 1:1 mix of junk and new meat. This seems to be working pretty well, both cats are tucking in. My goal is to get them totally off the junk meat and eating just the better meat.
I've just been on to Zooplus to place another order of meat and some treats for them and after looking at the ingredients of the treats that I normally buy I have resolved to never buy them again.
We have a routine where at 16:30 it's "meat sticks and munchies" time and they know it! They sit in their spot and stare at me until I feed them, I want to continue this routine, but with healthier food.
I tried them on freeze dried treats (chicken hearts, beef liver and just chicken) which went down well at first, but when the novelty wore off they weren't interested and stopped eating them.
Moxxi was a total dry food addict up until about July this year when I stopped feeding them any dry food except the few that they get at treat time each day. She has just about gotten over the shock of not having her Iams all the time.
So now I don't know what to do for treats for them. What they have been getting is the Felix goody bags and Felix crunchies, I also won't be giving them Dreamies.
I am in a quandary, do I completely remove all the junk from their diet including the few crunchies at treat time, or do I ignore the horrible ingredients list and let them continue to have this treat?
I also would love to hear what cat meat other people in England buy and where do you buy it from?
I am moving my 2 from Felix pouches and on to tins of Wild freedom and Animonda Carny. I am making every effort to stop buying pouches (and not buy the foil trays either) because it is so wasteful and tins can be recycled, so that is a factor in my decision making, but more importantly are the ingredients in both of these 2 brands and the price.
Does anyone have any other brands for me to look at? I've looked at everything available on Zooplus and those 2 are the only ones that are affordable and quality.
During lockdown and the cat food shortages that happened in the English supermarkets, I signed up to Zooplus to source my pet food supplies. This got me reading the reviews online which in turn made me realise just how bad the Felix cat meat that I have been buying truly is.
As a result I am now in the process of moving my 2 off that junk food and on to better meat. Initially they were reluctant to eat the new meat on its own, but now I feed them a 1:1 mix of junk and new meat. This seems to be working pretty well, both cats are tucking in. My goal is to get them totally off the junk meat and eating just the better meat.
I've just been on to Zooplus to place another order of meat and some treats for them and after looking at the ingredients of the treats that I normally buy I have resolved to never buy them again.
We have a routine where at 16:30 it's "meat sticks and munchies" time and they know it! They sit in their spot and stare at me until I feed them, I want to continue this routine, but with healthier food.
I tried them on freeze dried treats (chicken hearts, beef liver and just chicken) which went down well at first, but when the novelty wore off they weren't interested and stopped eating them.
Moxxi was a total dry food addict up until about July this year when I stopped feeding them any dry food except the few that they get at treat time each day. She has just about gotten over the shock of not having her Iams all the time.
So now I don't know what to do for treats for them. What they have been getting is the Felix goody bags and Felix crunchies, I also won't be giving them Dreamies.
I am in a quandary, do I completely remove all the junk from their diet including the few crunchies at treat time, or do I ignore the horrible ingredients list and let them continue to have this treat?
I also would love to hear what cat meat other people in England buy and where do you buy it from?
I am moving my 2 from Felix pouches and on to tins of Wild freedom and Animonda Carny. I am making every effort to stop buying pouches (and not buy the foil trays either) because it is so wasteful and tins can be recycled, so that is a factor in my decision making, but more importantly are the ingredients in both of these 2 brands and the price.
Does anyone have any other brands for me to look at? I've looked at everything available on Zooplus and those 2 are the only ones that are affordable and quality.